Steve Burns (Steven Michael Burns) Quotes
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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When you're on top, you're on top.
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I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.
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Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
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Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.
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Writing a log line helps you define - for yourself - the essential elements of the plot. It will also let you know immediately if major components of the plot are missing.
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Jerry Cantrell talking about Chris Cornell at the press room of the Rock and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. YouTube (April 14, 2018).
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Harry Dresden: The noise was deafening, and no one could have heard me anyway as I let out my own battle cry, which I figured was worth a shot. What the hell. 'I don't believe in faeries!'
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.
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Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.
